[syn: priggishness, primness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Primness \Prim"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or
niceness; preciseness; stiffness.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
primness
n 1: excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness,
prudishness, prudery, Grundyism]
2: exaggerated and arrogant properness [syn: priggishness,
primness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "primness":
Quakerishness, buckram, censoriousness, ceremonial,
ceremoniousness, ceremony, demureness, demurity, dignity,
extrinsicality, false modesty, form, formality, formalization,
gravity, hideboundness, impersonality, mauvaise honte, narrowness,
overmodesty, pomp, pomposity, priggishness, prudery, prudishness,
puritanicalness, rigidness, ritual, rituality, sanctimoniousness,
sanctimony, smugness, solemnity, starchiness, stiff-neckedness,
stiffness, stiltedness, straitlacedness, stuffiness, stylization,
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